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BUF and BETC: CANALSAT “The Battle”

Rods director Thierry Poiraud and Paris VFX powerhouse BUF help French subscription satellite/cable provider CANALSAT backhand the French tradition of airing American TV series six months after they premier in the US. Agency: BETC, Paris. Sound: Kouz. [Watch]

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Interview: Dave Hughes “When I Was Done Dying”

Dave Hughes, creator of Adult Swim’s 4 a.m. experimental cult hit Off the Air, talks to Stash about his latest collaboration with Baltimore composer/musician Dan Deacon called “When I Was Done Dying,” gathering nine exceptional animators for a surreal and unrelenting visual assault. [Watch]

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Inventing the GE “Invention Donkey”

Framestore and Radical Media director Steve Miller give the talking animal genre a tiny tweak in this peculiar spot for GE thru BBDO New York called “Invention Donkey,” the anchor creative for a broad digital campaign across YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc. [Watch]

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Sylvain Chomet: Stromae “Carmen”

Back in March French filmmaker Sylvain Chomet (The Illusionist, Triplets of Belleville) surprised us with a couch gag for the Simpsons skewering his fellow Gauls. Now the three-time Oscar-nominated animator/director/comic artist takes on the evils of social media in a reworking of the “Habanera” from Bizet’s opera “Carmen” by Belgian pop-star Stromae. [Watch]

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WeWereMonkeys: Azealia Banks “Ice Princess”

Montreal writing, directing and producing duo Mihai Wilson and Marcella Moser (aka WeWereMonkeys) bring their signature talent for stark VFX and intense levels of detail to this psychotropic, Medusa-gone-wild music video for NY rapper/songwriter Azealia Banks called “Ice Princess.” [Watch]

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Yves Geleyn: Getting Smart about Power

Hornet director Yves Geleyn specializes in telling simple stories with style and charm. Witness this new :90 animated spot, the center piece of a cross-platform effort urging the good people of chilly New Brunswick to conserve electricity by switching to programmable thermostats. [Watch]